• Fine Gael TD for Cork South-Central
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
• Email me whenever Jerry Buttimer speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Redundancy Payments, Ministerial Advisers, Proposed Legislation, Local Authority Funding, Health Services

(based on written questions asked by Jerry Buttimer and answered by departments)

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Active Travel (6 Mar 2025)

“I congratulate the Senator on his election to Seanad Éireann and wish him well. I thank him for raising this important matter relating to active travel funding for small rural towns and villages. He is correct; the issue of ring-fencing money for rural villages is an important one and I will bring this back to the Department. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for...”

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Active Travel (6 Mar 2025)

“The Department of Transport has responsibility for overall funding and policy decisions in regard to active travel. Funding is administered through the NTA, which, in partnership with the local authorities, has responsibility for the selection and development of specific projects in each local authority area. I hope that consideration will be taken of the experience of people like the...”

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2025)

“Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach as ucht an post nua a fháil. Tá brón ar an Aire, an Teachta Calleary, nach bhfuil sé anseo. Tá sé in easnamh. Mar Aire Stáit sa Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, fáiltím roimh an deis labhairt leis an Seanad le linn Sheachtain na Gaeilge faoi chúrsaí Gaeilge agus...”

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• Has spoken in 7 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 319 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 44 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Jerry Buttimer speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 306 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2387 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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